By Dr Faiz Ilahi Memon
Professor Dr Saleh Memon was from Diplo, a village in Thar.
An institution by himself, Dr Saleh Memon passed away peacefully on 30th January 2005 after a long, rewarding and illustrious career in the Sindh Health Service. Born in 1926 to a school teacher, Sain Haji Abu Talib, Saleh Memon, in pursuit of education travelled to Mirpurkhas, Karachi and then subsequently to Grant's Medical College, Bombay in undivided sub-continent all along securing first class first.
In 1947, Saleh Memon came back to Pakistan and was enrolled at Dow Medical College, Karachi from where he graduated in the first batch in 1950. After serving as Director Blood Bank, Hyderabad, and RMO, Services Hospital, Karachi, he was assigned the task of building a district hospital at Jacobabad which he successfully accomplished in 1954.
In recognition of his devotion to duty Saleh Memon was given government scholarship in 1954 to do post-graduation in United Kingdom. Once there, he undoubtedly brought good name to the country by completing degrees such as DCH (London), MRCP (London), MRCP (Edin) and FRFPS (Glasgow).
After a meritorious career at Liaquat Medical College, he was rewarded to become Liaquat Medical College's principal in 1970, a post he held till 1972 with dignity and poise.
From 1972 to 1979, Professor Memon served as Professor of Medicine at Dow Medical College, Karachi, his alma mater. Then he was appointed as Secretary Health to Sindh Government till 1979, a post that he held with complete dignity. It. was during this period that he introduced the concept of Basic Health Units and School Health Service. Again responding to national duty, he assumed the charge of Secretary Health for the second time in 1984, a job that he held till his retirement in April 1986. Indeed I am guilty of reading his personal diary dated 26/4/1986 which says, "Have gracefully retired today after completing 36 years of service. Allah be praised".
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